TWO in a ROW???????

Holy SHNIKIES! The boys have put together THREE in a row and are now actually .500
Yes you should be excited, at least that is what the gents from the Boston Globe think. I pefer to take the it is about dam time approach. After all we are ONLY .500 (first time since game 2 of this mess we are calling a season).
It is funny how last week everyone in town was ready for Tim Thomas to be hung from the Tobin bridge, and now they are talking about how great he played in the last two games. I give Tim "let em in" Thomas credit for playing fairly well against the Caps and making some solid saves lastnight, but the goal he let in was simply aweful, yes it was on the power play, but it went five hole and SHOULD have been stopped. What is the first thing every coach tells their youngsters? "Stick on the ice" If Timmy had just listened to that first coach, he would have had his stick on the ice and MAYBE even a shut out (highly unlikely, but MAYBE).

The rest of the team on the other hand played very well. They skated hard, moved the puck well and played both ends of the ice, beating Toronto to loose pucks.
The kids (Kessel, Tenkrat, Chistov) played well lastnight, they where flying and had a scoring chance on almost every shift. Why Dave Lewis decided to sit them out for the last eight minutes of the game, we will never know. I am sure he will use the pressure excuse, but that is getting old. Cutting the last few minutes down to two lines (Boyes, Bergeron, Strum and Muzz, Savy, and Axe) was not something I wanted to see. It nearly cost us as both lines looked like they had lead weights on their feet and the Bruins where definitely hanging on to that 1-1 tie. I personally thought that OT was going to get ugly, but needless to say the boys pulled it out and we walked away with two points.
Overall pretty well played game. Was it our best? Not by a long shot. Was the coaching still making questionable moves? Who knows, we won didn't we.